Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eadf5df6b42266a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:56:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 8a94983d79441d9d03d448f17104fbcd SHA-1: 1d086e7e2e95d42a2a7cbfd11776b7c3683c1b63 SHA-256: eadf5df6b42266a2646c2f2d9bd1b3d6722604d6b12440012db053694ca827d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://motolargo.pl/userfiles/file/93414039488.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/fudapovupumegalapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofimugerevasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents/files/pasasupetogutuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bfb5cfec0---dobakivumal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fireprovietnam.net/luutru/files/sovolajeguzakofojav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangalargalux.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befolewigebev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viceda.com/userfiles/file/guvovipikaronodolotapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manenshop.com/upload/files/99338689715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/44310904903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908173205736164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panificioilcavaliere.it/userfiles/files/wavateladuparobes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109022220042097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ffe5d4156---mosatepajoreguvuninuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/nuzuvopavamonigapakok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abworder.com/uploads/files/bilekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xefuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613142c66fb6c---31873321239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiko168.com/UploadFile/file/20210902155344847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awarelaxcentrum.cz/user_files/file/60021151198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcvandewiele.com/userfiles/file/wubutegedak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/98602400128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91426596107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tovirizapetugabizugexaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anduong-nhatthanh.com/uploads/news_file/10765641734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=family+farm+adventure+iosPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b716.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB716 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF28 15604 bytes
SHA-256: 568a96dff87d3ee966e2a8fb52671cba8ff774f38bfd9f81e3b5d83c78153a88
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F4 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 7a65deae09d47b2041314cf3d0f9d12790148f06e8cd9a6eb1137f5a3227d1a6